We haven't heard from this boy yet. First recorded in 1946, Elvis covered this tune in 1954, it was his first single . . .
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Sat 26 May, 2012 08:16 pm
Here's a rarity--Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee singin' together, 1956 . . .
(Edit: Very spooky--while i was posting this, they played this song from "the million dollar quartet" on Holger Peterson's Saturday Night Blues program on CBC. Cue the Twilight Zone intro . . .)
Burn my house, steal my car,
Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar . . .
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Sat 26 May, 2012 08:46 pm
From the late 1920s to the 1950s, one of the biggest groups in America was the Carter Family. In the 1960s, Maybelle Carter's daughters, using the name the Carter Family, revived the act. They collected a good deal of American folk music, true folk music, not New York or Newport folk music, inspiring generations of musicians. Here, the Carter sisters sing a song covered by many, many artists, including Joan Baez . . .
(That girl down there playing the autoharp is June Carter--more about her in a minute)
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Sat 26 May, 2012 08:52 pm
Here, A. P., his wife Sara and his sister-in-law Maybelle (she married A. P.'s brother) sing one of their biggest hits, from, i believe, 1928 . . .
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Sat 26 May, 2012 08:55 pm
Eventually, June Carter married one of those wild rockabilly boys . . . Johnny Cash (his second marriage). Here they are together . . .
(Written in 1963, Johnny and June covered this in 1967)
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Sat 26 May, 2012 09:03 pm
Johnny's biggest hit, written in 1953, this peformance is at Folsom Prison . . .
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Sat 26 May, 2012 09:13 pm
@George,
Quote:
"...and when you finish doin that,
bring in the dawg, and put out the cat..."
That's as good as it ever gets, period, Coasters RULE!!!
Brilliant song writing, seriously good singing, humor, and the best man on saxophone there ever was, basically a major league class act.
